Creating a Text-Based Password

To create a text-based password, perform the following steps:

Include either the plain-text-password or encrypted-password statement at the [edit system login user user-name authentication] hierarchy level. First, move to that hierarchy level:
[edit system login] user@host# edit user user-name authentication
To enter a password as text, issue the following command. You are prompted for the password, which is encrypted before being stored.
[edit system login user user-name authentication] user@host# set plain-text-password New password: password Retype new password: password
To store a password that you have previously created and hashed using Message Digest 5 (MD5) or Secure Hash Algorithm 1 (SHA-1), issue the following command:
[edit system login user user-name authentication] user@host# set encrypted-password "password"
(Optional) Commit the configuration. Alternatively, you can wait until you have added the statements that satisfy all prerequisites (see NETCONF Service over SSH Is Enabled).[edit system login user user-name authentication] user@host# commit
Repeat the preceding steps on each C-series Controller where the client application establishes NETCONF sessions.